APPENDICES. 585 



Commissioners of the General Assembly for preparation for the same to be 

 iu St. Andrews the 6th of the next, where then the agreement with Huntley 

 and Murray will be earnest laboured by the King with other "contry" 



(country) affairs 



Edinburgh, 2O January, 1602/3. 



APPENDIX C. 



State Papers. Domestic. Jas. I. Vol. 205. No. 31. 



A MEMORANDUM OF THE FISSCHINGS OF THE LEWES AND 

 EYLLANDS OF HIBREDES. WHAT FISSCHIS IS MOST 

 WENDABILL AND IN WHAT CUNTRIES EYERIE KYNDE 

 OF FISCH SELLS BEST INTOO (Undated). 



If erne inprimis. 



Salt cod linge and salmone is wendabill wniversallie througheout all 

 naiteones and cuntries what sumeuer. Cod linge and salmone dryit is wend- 

 abill also for all cuntries for wittuallinge of shipis and provisione for houssis. 



Greatt seathis callid collmeis drye or salt is wendabill in all cuntries 

 whaire trafike of schippinge is for wittuallinge of schipis in Speane France and 

 all the easterne pts and withein the Baltike seais and for cuntrie pipell 

 thaire. 



Dreyit skeatts is wendabill in Ingland Scotland Eyrland, France, Speane, 

 Holland and in all the easterne pts and withein the Baltike seais. 



Dryit dog fische is wendabill in Speane and withein the streatts and hes 

 beine sould thaire at moire then 6d. a punde. 



Barrallid cod is wendabill in all cuntries and greatt geane gottin thaireby, 

 barrallid or drye haddokis is wendabill in Russia, Norvaye and in all the 

 Baltike seais within the sound. 



Greatt wheyttinges dryeit is wendabill in Ingland Scotland Eyreland France 

 Holland and in all the easterne pts. 



Greatt conger eills saltit or dryeit is wendabill in all cuntries. 



Torske saltit or dryeit is wendabill in all cuntries. 



Dreyit flunders great and small is wendabill in Russia Norvaye Swaidin 

 Poille, Garmanye Denmarke Holland Flanders France and wther cuntries. 



Turbatt dryeit callid riklinge is wendabill in Russia and in all the easterne 

 seais and pts within the sound. 



Dryeit stoke fische is wendabill in all cuntries whatsumewer. 



Mackerelle barrallid or dryeit is wendabill in Russia and in all the easterne 

 I P ts - 



Sealle fische barrallid is wendabill in Speane and througe the straitts. It 

 doithe produce good treane oeylle ; the skines of thoise fisch is good for sundrey 

 wsis. 



Heringe barrallid or dryeit is wendabill in all naciones whatsumewer. 



The Hewers of all the forsaid fischis excepe sallmone produces a greatt 

 deal! of trean oeylle whiche is a greatt helpe to the fisschers to paye thaire 

 outrige besydes mony wther kynde of small fisschis not nominal heire whiche 

 : fisschers sawes to helpe thaire chairgis soe that perfeyt fisscher men doo maike 

 ; the small fisschis withe thaire trean thaye maik of the said lievers paye the 

 : most pt of their hoille chairges. 



For suporttinge and fortifieinge of the fisschings in the Lewes and in wther 

 eyellands of Hibredes thaire may be good salt in the Leweis and wther 

 eyllands thaireto aiacent whiche wald be a greatt benifeit for one to thame 



